Stock water-tank.



G, W. FUNK.

STOCK WATER TANK.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.11. 1911.

Patented Dec.26, 1911.

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STOCK WATER TANK.

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UNITE CHARLES W. FUNK, OF WITHEE, WISCONSIN.

STOCK WATER-TANK.

Application filed March 11, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 613,770.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. FUNK, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vithee, in the county of Clark and State of Visconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Stock ater-Tanks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to stock watering tanks.

The object of the invention is the provision of a tank wherein a goodnumber of animals may be watered at the same time and wherein the watertherein may be conveniently and expeditiously heated without passingheating pipes through the water area.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tank constructedof cement and having a metallic water supporting bottom and a heatingflue arranged beneath the bottom so as to heat the same and warm thewater thereabove.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatictop plan view showing how the tank is positioned. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a similar section taken on the line 33of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail top plan view with part ofthe bottombroken away. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 55 of Fig.3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the tank comprises end andside walls 1 and 2, both of which have a height of approximately twelveinches and a thickness of approximately nine inches and which areconnected together in rectangular form and preferably formed of cementor like material. Upon these walls are built end and side walls 3 and 4of cement or similar material and connected in rectangular form. Thewalls 8 and 4 have a thickness of approximately four inches and a heightof approximately eighteen inches and form a part or continuation of thewalls 1 and 2, being positioned upon the latter walls in such a manneras to leave a mounting shoulder 5 upon which a metallic bottom member 6is mounted. This bottom member is held in position upon the shoulders 5and prevented from movement thereon by means of a ce- 11, the end of thebridge wall terminating just short of the opposite end wall, and forminga passage 12 which completes the U-shaped fiue.

Formed in the end wall 1 to which the bridge wall 9 is connected is afiring opening 13 and upon the opposite side of the bridge wall is anexit opening 14 to which a chimney 15 is connected. The openings 13 and14 extend through the wall at a point slightly below the shoulder 5 andare reinforced by metallic casings 16 which have arranged between theirupper surfaces suitable sheets of heat repelling material, such asasbestos or the like, and the under portions of the openings arereinforced by a plurality of substantially U-shaped rods 17 which havetheir ends connected together by connecting rods 18 embedded in thewall. These reinforcing rods prevent loosening of the casing and holdthe parts of the end walls 1 from cracking and thereby making the tankdefective. The opposite end wall and also the side walls may bereinforced but this is not thought to be necessary as they are notsubjected to any great amount of heat. The entire tank is preferablyreinforced by having loose rock, properly grouted, built up around thetank to the height shown. This also insulates the walls from the eflectsof frost.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A tankcomprising a rectangular wall of concrete or like material, a supportingshoulder formed around the wall on the inner side thereof, a metallicbottom mounted upon said shoulder, a cement facing for holding saidbottom in place upon the shoulder, an intermediate bridge wall forsupporting the center of the bottom, one slde of said wall formed with afiring opening and an exit opening, said bridge wall extending laterallyfrom the side wall having said openings and dividing the space below thebottom into a substantially U-shaped flue, and means for reinforcing theopenings.

2. A tank comprising a rectangular wall of concrete or like material, asupporting shoulder formed around the Wall on the inner side thereof, ametallic bottom ,mounted upon the said shoulder, a packing positionedaround the edges of said bottom and preventing leakage around the edgethereof, a cement facing holding said packing and bottom in place, oneof said side Walls being formed with a firing opening and a chimneyopening, reinforcing means for said openings embedded in the wall, and abridge wall connected to the side wall between said openings andextending across the space under the bottom to a point adjacent theopposite side Wall, said bridge wall forming a substantially U-shapedflue beneath the bottom, together with a chimney communicating with saidchimney opening.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. FUNK.

WVitnesses:

W. C. TUFTS,

AGNES L. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

